binutils: CVE-2017-7299
Source: git://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git
MR: 74257
Type: Security Fix
Disposition: Backport from 'embedded-binutils-master'
ChangeID:
b55df05e3d3fd21bd30edaea124135892747b1ee
Description:
Linking non-ELF file broken by PR20908 fix
PR ld/20968
PR ld/20908
* elflink.c (bfd_elf_final_link): Revert 2016-12-02 change. Move
reloc counting code later after ELF flavour test.
PR lf/20908
* elflink.c (bfd_elf_final_link): Check for ELF flavour binaries
when following indirect links.
Affects: <= 2.28
Author: Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Thiruvadi Rajaraman <trajaraman@mvista.com>
Reviewed-by: Armin Kuster <akuster@mvista.com>
Signed-off-by: Armin Kuster <akuster@mvista.com>
Signed-off-by: Armin Kuster <akuster808@gmail.com>